Re: [tied] Bader's article on *-os(y)o

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 08:13:46 +0100, P&G
<petegray@...> wrote:

>>Are there any more cases of -V:CC > -VCC and -VCC > -V:C (with
>>the first C being /d/ or something similar and -V: being <ou> or <ei>)?
>
>"Dental stems normally form the nominative by dropping the dental without
>compensatory lengthening, except monosyllables (e.g. pous)" (Abbot &
>Mansfield)
>Are there any other monosyllables?

A quick glance in Weir Smyth at Perseus reveals only:

thês thêt-os
khrôs khrôt-os (also chrô-os)
phôs phôt-os (from phaot-, so not a monosyllable)
kêr (root ends in *-d, but oblique not retained in Greek)
ous/ôs ôt-os (from *ousn.t-, so not a monosyllable)

Nothing really comparable to pous/po:s.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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